Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop

Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop by jorvi on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:51AM (#49347559)

Possible they're thinking of certain OC editions of GPUs. Some of them have 2 BIOSes you can switch between with a little slider. Some even 3.

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Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop by drdexebtjl on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @12:17PM (#49347991)

Isn’t that just a gimmick?

I was under the impression that GPU overclocking, overvoltage and fan curve settings were not persistent across reboots.

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Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop by quantum5 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @12:31PM (#49348219)

It's not a gimmick when the serious overclocking people do custom VBIOSes. Similarly for miners. That's when you need the recovery switch if things go wrong.

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Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop by drdexebtjl on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @01:14PM (#49348966)

TIL about custom VBIOSes.

Why don’t the OEMs of GPUs aimed at OCing just ship with a BIOS that exposes more tweaks through software though…

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Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop by Benanov on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @04:26PM (#49352189)

Custom Video Card firmware has been around a long time. It was possible to convert PC video cards to Mac use by flashing them. When I was faffing around with PPC64 Macs (I mean hey I got it for free) I picked up an ATI card on ebay that had been flashed.

I had sleep issues. It was the lowest-end G5. I ended up recycling it.

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